Saturday, April 28, 2012

If you are one of those lucky iPhone users who have manged to unlock your iPhone following SAM iPhone Unlock Method, then you must have taken a backup of the unlock tickets using redsn0w. If you haven't already taken a backup of your iPhone unlock tickets, follow this tutorial. The following tutorial is to help you restore your iPhone unlock by restoring the unlock tickets that were saved using Redsn0w.

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

iPhone unlock tickets that were backed up

iFile - Download it from Cydia

Step 1: Insert the sim that was unlocked using Sam in the iPhone. Make sure SAM is disabled in Sam Preferences.

Step 2 : Get the iPhone unlock tickets into your iPhone. You do this either by emailing yourself the attachment or dump the tickets into the iPhone using iPhone browser. Emailing is easy. Open the attachment using iFile.

Step 3: Unzip the archive and tap done when iFile is done extracting the content of the archive.

Step 4 : Copy the extracted Lockdown folder so that it can be placed inside the directory /var/root/Library . To copy Lockdown folder, Tap edit on the top right side and then select the folder lockdown and then tap the bottom right side of iFile and select Copy/Link and press done.

Step 5 : Use the back button to navigate to the following path
/var/root/Library Once there, tap edit and select the Lockdown folder and delete the folder by tapping on the trash icon.

Step 6 : Now Tap on the edit icon on the top right side and select paste to paste the lockdown folder that we copied in Step 4

Step 7 : Press done and reboot your device. Your iPhone should show the signal bars and the unlock should work perfectly.

Sbingner has just tweeted that the Sam iPhone unlock method has been fixed by Apple and no iPhone can be unlocked following the method anymore, unless the iPhone was already unlocked following SAM unlock method and that the unlock tickets were backed up using redsn0w or iFile.

Earlier this week a Chinese iPhone enthusiast had discovered a method of unlocking any iPhone by using Sam. This method was simply tricking iTunes to believe that the sim inserted in the iPhone is the original sim which came along with the iPhone. Sam unlock method was discovered 2 days ago and today, the loop hole has been fixed by Apple. Those who have unlocked their iPhones following SAM unlock method can take a backup of their unlock tickets using redsn0w

As confirmed by Sam Bingner, this unlock method no longer works and if you need to restore an unlock., you can follow redsn0w method for now but eventually SAM will be updated to re-unlock the unlocked iPhones using the unlock tickets.

Friday, April 27, 2012

If you have unlocked your iPhone using SAM, this is for you. Musclenerd has tweeted that Apple is fixing their activation servers, which means SAM unlock will not work after a while if you haven't saved your unlock tickets. In order to unlock your device in future, you need to save your iPhone unlock tickets using redsn0w following this tutorial.

Looks like Apple's currently fixing their activation servers. But the good news is that previous tickets gotten via SAM trick still work - Musclenerd

So, if you want to be able to unlock your iPhone in future, this is the final call to save your iPhone unlock tickets using redsn0w. Soon in future, Apple is going to fix their servers and those iPhones which havent already saved the unlock tickets will not be able to unlock their device.